New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
STORIES OF SERIOUS MISMANAGEMENT OF
THE EMBRYOTlC NAVY.

the cruise of the Atlanta of the North Atlantic Squad
ron lam sorry to learn that some the reports reflect
seriously Captain Bunce. 1t Is intimated that his
conduct dsagreeable that several officers OF
the ship think of asking to be detached from her. But
even IL be it is matter Of tring Importance
compared with the assertion which is freely but very
quietly made that owing to bad seamanship. careless
ness something the Atlanta rapidly going 10
ruin For example, IL ia asserted that the port boilers
from having been filled when hot with cold wafer ire
quently and suddenly, in order TO " trim SNIP ha,o
been and their opened so that presently
the cry will he raised that the contractor was swdief
It is asserted Also that injury to the bottom oi 'o
Atlanta her trial trip from Newport was iuo mo-,
serious than her commanding o1cer IL WILDE 70 ',
and that she should have been sent INTO oocA "io ~
II not an agreeable duty to call attention
to alleged maladmnistraton in the Naval services, VI
any other branch of the public service but II only ute
of the unpleasant rumors about the Atantas officers Is
true Mr. whitney should take speedy action
Among the soiourners in Washington this week is Con-
sressman WOODBURY. of Nevada. He went achshlng ast
month and with regard for truth which is positively
dazzling when one considers that he is old Califor-
man. he admits that he did not catch trout which
weighed above five pounds. He was speaking OF
speckled trout and he INDUCED in "reminiscences OF
big trout caught in Lake Tahoe in years gone by, winch
we'll If body did not know that Woodourn Is SO truth
full body might be inclined to doubt Them must say
MI the chaf-possiby tie were more. Mr. WOODBURY.
Informed ne that Lake Tahoe has become most attract
I've summer resort and that many thousand persons
have sncnt largo part of the Its shores Mrs.
Iangtry is building cottage there. Some OF the COT
tages are elaborate, costing much as $2oooo each'
Iasked Mr. woodburn about Nevada politics. Among
othsr things he said: Cleveland Democrats NO. III
there are any Democrats sort either in Nevada OF
California outside Of the oceholders they are Keeping
mighty quiet, sures you were born III tne pennoor'S
nut up Cleveland next year. as expect them 10 oo r
he seems to have lien on the party any republican
candidate can carry Pacific States. AS for Blame
well it wouldn't cost quarter Of dollar outside the
printing of tickets give him the electoral votes OF
Nevada California and Oregon" But you were not o
Blaine man three years ago." said No. indeed Du
you ever hear Mackay, Jones and were 70 go 10
think that Mackay promised Arthur that ne w9 hnr
lead the delegation and that should DC sonu arthur
% At all Tes , we Tsa time and
money and were licked out OF our ooots IN Cno
to devote to politics. tell you Nevada is for Blaine all
the time"
Mr. woodburn is an Irish. American, County Wick
low man. although he has been for more than thirty
wears a resilient of the Pacific Coast He said: Ii
Baire nominated next year want to 60 TO
and make few speeches to the Irfshmen there
asked about Jones and Mackay. WELL" said the Con-
gresham, "Jones is making a barrel OF money
believe he is richer to-day than ever. The bonanza
mines are paying handsomely Joness Alaska mine h
very productive, and some property down AZ LOS
Angeles which he kept through all the DAYS OF his
adversely has into market and he take three
million dollars for It, In fact money has just been roll
ing toward Jones these last few months Did Mackay
get squeezed in the wheat dealt Well, suppose ne dd
People argue that as the In whose the bust
.yqR
own, Flood and Mackay must have been behind them.
do not think It will break Maokay however HIS mines
paying we'll"
lido not suppose that many persons know much about
the origin Of the veteranS Union whose Mandatory
resolutions were presented to President Cleveland and
Black several weeks ago, an event which
was duly set forth in all the Democratic and Mugwump
papers as evidence that the veterans OF the Union
wanted the rebel flags returned to" the Confederate
states and fully approved the Copperhead policy OF
the Administration. AS the Democratic and Mugwump
gentry tendery socitous that politics shall not
the organizations Of old seems almost
cruel to call attention to the historical facts That TINS
vertently allowed himself to be made the monthpeoe
and OF which the most active ana are
Chicago the day after Mr. Cleveland was nominated
canization purely and solely that an honorable dis
charge from the military or naval service Is not one OF
was q civilian clerk to quartermaster commssary
Of subsistence during the and never shouldered
the Physical Wreck" himself.
was conversng with gallant officer Of the Army Of
Northern Virginia and member Of the late General
Robert Z. Lees staff last week, and Major Andre and
General washingtons iron will and immovabe resou-
ton subjects of his remarks The family OF the
officer referred and that of Washington had been
very intimate in the past, and he had. therefore,
peculiarly good opportunities for information can
not" said he, fail to admire and yet If might dare
to say of unapproachably great and good man
occasionally wonder at and Ossby question the wis.
dom Of his iron resolution and absolutely inAexbe Will
when 1t was oIce thoroughly made up any subject
His set mouth firm chin and iron jaw by no means
beied his character The man, so far as mortal man
coald know weigh his mind or heart, was simply
marble History reveals in part at least the super
human efforts that made to secure mitigation Of
Major Andres sentence by powerful friends on both
Sides and how TIE great General could withstand the
influences brought to bear him by those OF his own
French General lafayette who sat on the martial
which sentenced Andre, had handed TO General Wash
ington commission from King Louis as Lieutenant
General in the French Army and yce-Admira OF the
French fleet and afterwari commanded the Continental
Richmond and along the Rappahannock during the raid
on virginia by the traitor Arnold wonder what
accredited agent of Louis Napoleon had brought
IN rGe aaea S n sc anu AGENT and foreign
General had been given seat upon Confederate court
ercasiy ehaneed and an American at Vctoras Jubilee
could gaze with equanimty upon the costly marble tomb
OF Andre In Westminster Abbey beneath which England
sought TO hide the gibbet at Tappan
In private affairs" 1.-THE Major continued, the same
characteristics equally noticeable You know IT
the fashion days for people about TO make
tourney to pack up their movable valuables such as
plate ewery etc, in the heavy numbering travelling
coaches the day. Marshall, then OF present
Marshars Landing on the Potomac below Washington
and the estate named about TO make aJourney
and the family coach for reason packed oysr
night slave OF General Washingtons from his Mount
Vernon estate-a blacksmith, worth from $1,000 TO
500 the prices OF those days-broke into the packed
up vehicle and committed heavy robbery The severest
penalty believe to which the robber could he sem
fenced under the slave laws Virginia was that the con-
demned man should receive two ieks or blows from
every slaye-man woman aha child upon the estate to
which he belonged. From the number OF human chat.
tells then belonging to Mount Vernon the execution OF
such sentence certain and cruel death aud yet
General Washington unhestatngly passed sentence"